1908 The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S Mahoney

Laundry

50

Breakage

LOO

Coal

50

Insurance

50

Taxes

50

Water tax

25

Incidentals

1-00

Stock (average)

40.00

Total $86.59 For a business of this character the cash receipts ought to be at least $100 a day, making a net yearly profit of $4,194.20. In the foregoing proposition the question of keeping open on Sundays has not been considered, either in the matter of expense or receipts, and the saloonman is not advised to violate the law for the sake of a few dollars more. But when there is no Sunday law and it is possible to keep open then the proposition becomes a different one, and the income becomes larger in proportion. Then again, there is the question of location to b'o taken into consideration. The saloon in a strictly business district would hardly expect to take in $5 on a Sunday, and even in the evening trade would be hardly worth considering. All of these things will have to be figured out carefully for the mere item of a bar with bottles behind it doesn't mean a paying business.

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